Railway rail gauge



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RAILWAY RAIL GAUGE Filed Dec. 4, 1950 l N VEN TOR.

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fully set forth and claimed.

Patented Mar. 15, 1932 v UNITEDSTATE'S PArENTFo FicE LOUIS TRIVILLIAN, '61- SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGIN A, ASSIGNOR or ONE- FOURTH 'ro JOSEPH snow; or CABIN GREEK, WEST VIRGINIA RAI WAY RAIL GAUGE Application filed December 4, 1930, Serial No. 509,051, and ill Canada December 26, 1930.

This invention relates to railway rail gauges and has for its object the provision of novel means for holding rails against movement or tilting, and it comprises an improvement on the rail holding device form-- ing the subject of a patent to me issued June to produce a rail gauge which may be used in association with cross ties by locating the gauges between the cross ties, or by forming grooves or cavities in the upper surfaces of:

the cross ties to produce clearances to accommodate the depending portions of the gauges or those portions which. extend below the general plane of the under surfaces of the members. y lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, whereinlike characters denote corresponding parts 7 in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of fragments of rails showing a device embodying the invention applied-thereto;

- Figure 2 illustrates a view in side elevation of the-device applied to rails,-thesaid device being partly in section; I

Figure 3 illustrates a plan view of a fragment of one of the irons showing the detail construction at the end thereof;

Figure 4 illustrates a perspective view of a channel iron of modifiedf construction;

, Figure5 illustrates a'sectional view of a rail showing gauge irons associated with fish I plates; and

' 'Figure6 illustrates a perspective view of a fragment of one of the irons with the fish plate applied thereto.- Y I The invention in its present embodiment comprises two membersshaped to embrace the outer base flanges and engage the outer surfaces of webs of the rails and other elements effective to overlie the inner base flanges and engage the inner webs of the rails, associated wlth means whereby pressure or force is exerted by the rail engaging members and whereby said force or pressure is maintained so long as the parts are assempractically identical with those disclosed in The outer end of each member is doubled on itself to form a seat 12to receive the outer .base flange 13 of a rail 14, and the outer end of each member is shaped to project u wardly in order that the inner face of t e upwardly projecting extension may lie against and brace the web of the rail and the edge of the upwardly projecting portion engages the under surface of the'head of the rail. The upturned portion may also be ap-- plied against 01' secured to ordinary fish plates. I I

The outer ends of the superimposed members are identical 1n construction and are identified by the same reference characters.

Near the inner end of the iron 10 the mate-- rial is doubled on itself and the end 15 thereof constitutes a shoulder orabutment which is engaged by the expanders or wedges 16 bled, the said pressure-exerting means belng inner ends of the'members are superimposed. I

interposed between the said end andthe end ofthe superimposed member which is doubled on itself near the end, it being shown that the material of the member 10iis bent downwardly and underlies themainiportion ofthe member 11, wherebythe doubled por-' tion of the member 11 overlies the main portion ofthe member 10. The underlying member 10 is bent downwardly or ofl'set, as shown at '17,in .order that the outer portion of the the gauge which extend below the mainplane of the members 10 and 11. r

In orderto produce an unyielding abutment for the expanders or wedges 16 interposed between the said ends when channel iron is used, it is shown in Fig. 3 that the flanges of the channel iron are bentinwardly as at A and B and that the base portion of the iron which then extends beyond the bent flanges is caused to extend at right angles flanges, as shownat a. The outer surface of the angularly disposed portion of the base constitutes an abutment for the wedges and the inturned flanges which are made rigid :with the base by autogenous welding or the like results in a structure which will withstand the strain incident to the application of the wedges and the pressure incident to their proper adjustment. I

In Figure l'I have illustrated a modified construction by which the abutments are formed and, in this embodiment, a solid block C of metal is secured in the channel by welding or the like, so that the wedges will then engage the outer surface of the block and the ends of the-I channel iron including the flanges thereof. I

Members 18 and 19 are likewise constructed of channel iron and each of said members is in engagement for a portion vofyits length with the members 10 and 11, respectively. Each ''of the members 18 and 19 is shaped at its out er end to conform with or engage the upper surface of the base flange of a rail and the side of the web of the rail, as indicated-generally by the numeral, 20. The inner ends of the members 18 and 19. will rest on the upper surface of the members 10 and 11 and the relation of parts is such that their ends abut each other when the rails are drawn toward .each other by the action of the wedges on the ends of the members 10 and 11. In the event of therebeing lost motion between the memare in proper gauge, a filler or wedge 21 of hers 18and 19 and the rails, when the rails .properithickness may be interposed between the ends of the members 18 and19 to insure 6'0 proper pressure of the outer ends of the members 18 and 19 on the flanges and webs of the ,rail.

- V A-sleeve orcollar 22 is slidable on the assembled members and it should be of such 7 rdimensionsas to be frictionally retained when it is forced on the assembled members of the device.

In Figure 5 it is seen that provision is made for increased bearlng surface on the webs of the rail and this is of particular importance where the device is applied at the joints between the ends of the rails. In this embodiment of the invention, the channel ironmembers are employed as heretofore described 1 and the outer ends of the members 11 and to the base into engagement with theinturned 19 have plates E attached to them. and they are in the nature of fish plates which are intendedto bear against the webs ofrails and they are to be secured to the rails by bolts which extend through the plates; and webs.

Preferably one bolt on each side of the rail joint will be sufficient, although the number may be increased as desired. It is shown in the drawing that the plates E are formed of channel iron and the edges of the flanges bear against the webs of the rail. It is to be understood that the superimposed ends of the members which carry the plates are of the construction and assembly describedin connection with the illustration Figs. land 2. I claim: V 1 r 1. In a railway rail gauge, coacting members adapted to pull rails toward each other,

the said members comprising channel irons having their inner ends superimposed and slidable one with relation to the other, the inner ends of the said members having flanges turned inwardly. toj-form abutments inside of the end of the channel irons, and the web of the iron being turned upwardly at the end to engage the inturned flanges forming an abutment or shoulder, the lowermost of said members having an overturned portion and the other of said members having an underturned portion whereby the abutment on the end of one member facesv the abutment on the end of the" other member, means for engaging said abutments for exerting forcetending to separate them,

each of said members having a rail base en gaging and embracing portlon at theouter end, elongated channeled member'smovable above and with relation to the first mentioned members and having outer ends adapted to brace the inner face of the rail,

tachment to the rails, a sleeve slidable on the beforementioned assembled 'members, and wedges for guarding the joints of all the members between the rails.

2. In a railway rail gauge, coacting mem bers adapted to pull rails toward each other, the said members comprising channel irons having their inner ends superimposed and slidable one with relation to the other, the inner ends of the said members having flanges turned inwardly to form abutments inside of the end of the channel iron, and the web of iron being turned u wardly at the end to engage the inturned anges forming an abutment or shoulder, the lowermost of said members having an overturned portion and the other of said members havin an underturned portion whereby the afiutment on the end of one member faces the abutment on the end of the other member, means for engaging said abutments for exerting force tending to separate them, each of the said members having a rail base engaging and v bracing portion at the outer end, a fish plate secured to each portion adapted to bear against the web of the rail, elongated channeled members movable above and with relation to the first mentioned members, fish plates secured to the last mentioned channel members on their outer ends adapted to brace the inner face of the rail, means for securing the aforesaid fish plates and rail together, the said members having inner ends adapted to coact with each other for limiting the inward movement of the engaging members, means for securing the first and second mentioned members near their locations of attachment to the rails, a sleeve slidable on the before mentioned assembled members, and wedges for guarding the joints of all the members between the rails.

LOUIS TRIVILLIAN.

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